Digital collaboration enables better-integrated multidisciplinary care, improves the patient journey and unlocks cost efficiencies.
It’s not easy, managing a healthcare revolution characterised by a myriad of sensors, wearable devices and new health analytics applications. It is clear that multi-disciplinary care makes a big difference to the treatment of acute, elderly or multichronic patients. Digital collaboration allows clinical teams to change the way they work. It enables better-integrated multidisciplinary care, improves the patient journey and unlocks cost efficiencies.
"The NHSmail Service underpins communication between doctors, nurses and allied health professionals up and down the country every day."
– NEIL BENNETT, Service Director – Live Services, NHS Digital
Secure collaboration tools are now available to everyone working for the NHS. The transformed NHSmail solution was safely and robustly delivered by Accenture, realising digital healthcare collaboration and secure information transfer between organisations across England and Scotland. Read the NHS case study for more information.
1.4M
current number of NHSmail accounts
13K
organisations across the country that use NHSmail
97%
NHSmail user service requests supported
120K
NHSmail users migrated in one day
"NHSmail is not just mail, it’s far more than that; it’s better patient care."
– MOHAMMED HUSSAIN, Senior Clinical Lead – NHS Digital
Meet Dr Sam Shah, NHS England's Director of Digital Development who supports programmes that help empower citizens to use digital tools and services within the NHS. He also works with suppliers and other partners to help the NHS solve problems and work on building connectivity, making the NHS more consumer-centric. In partnership with healthcare providers, he and his team are enabling the digitisation of urgent and emergency care. He along with his team support the implementation of the strategy.
Learn more about Sam Shah.
"Skype for Business has saved me at least ten hours and over 500 miles of travel in the month of May"
– TIM CATE, Acting Director of Operations for North Yorkshire Senior Clinical Lead – NHS Digital
